Kamala Harris Says She’s Running in Biden’s Place

Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Sunday that she would seek the nomination of the Democratic Party after President Biden said he would withdraw from the race and endorsed her.

“I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination,” Ms. Harris said in a statement issued through the Biden campaign.

The vice president also thanked Mr. Biden for stepping aside, calling his decision a “selfless and patriotic act” and saying that he was “putting the American people and our country above everything else.”

A flood of Democrats, from elected officials to powerful donors to party activists, rushed to endorse Ms. Harris even before she said she would run, although other prominent Democrats did not. But the mechanism of how the party will select a new nominee remains unclear.

Ms. Harris previously ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 election, but her campaign foundered and she dropped out before the primary contests began. Mr. Biden later chose her as his running mate.

In her statement, Ms. Harris said she would continue talking about the “clear choice” the American people face in November.

“I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party — and unite our nation — to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda,” she wrote.